ACE Byron Shire / Byron Shire Council

1. Overview: models for interactivity (what's out there)
2. Putting audio online (practical demo)
3. Q & A: general discussion

Aiming to build interactivity

• between students and tutors working with the office
• students interacting with each other
• sending out newsletter - or putting it online?
• deal with external clients, eg local government

1. Learning management system would allow contained online "courses", with discussion forums behind password, (eg moodle, dokai)
2. Content management system (or blog) could enable web site to have ongoing "news online" component (which could then be re-edited into print version of newsletter; Pro: enable multiple authors; Con: choosing the best software; (eg joomla, wordpress, drupal)
3. Forums: discussion boards with message threads could allow web-based discussion within community, (eg moodle, phpBB)
4. Live conferencing: could be a way to have meetings with people in other towns, overcome distance issues (eg skype, iVocalize)

Advanced possibilities with wikis

• share / feed in your delicious links (shared bookmarks via rss),
• feeds from blog / podcast (RSS),
• embed media, embed audio,
• internal menus;
• plus: use flickrCC for images

Forums options - sites, software,

examples include slashdot (which has rating and filter); and the AFLF forums on edna groups; You could use a hosted solution (eg edna groups), or install some open source software (eg phpBB or miniBB); (you'll find hosted solutions for phpBB as well, eg at phpbbNow)

• phpBB is one of many forum-only web applications (open source),
• moodle is one of the most popular of a range of "learning management systems",
• open source CMS is a site\ which allows you to trial all kinds of php+mysql software (including phpBB and moodle)
• userplane,
• edna groups is an example of moodle in action
• Technical Comparison "Matrix": if you want to compare the features of a range of bulletin boards, try the forum matrix.

(image: thanks for "minyon falls" by alistercoyne and "one person's paradise" by Natmandu, as well as "byron bay by C.y.flo" (at flickr)

phpBB - resources

• Information about blocking spam, in their knowledge base.
• More ..